To get out of a relationship with someone who you were not attracted to or particularly fond of anymore.
"So I heard you're single now, man."
"Yeah...after I realized that she was cheating, I decided it was time for Getting out of Shawshank and became a free man."
"Yeah...after I realized that she was cheating, I decided it was time for Getting out of Shawshank and became a free man."
by CrowNasty May 10, 2012

by CallMeTomRusso December 15, 2009

by Marry Swanson August 31, 2021

When you order a new pair of shoes from Amazon, put your old ones in the box, and return them for a refund.
by Crabkilla2001 April 5, 2024

by Leckdon August 16, 2019

While talking to my girlfriend, I made a reference to the escape scene in The Shawshank Redemption, but it turned out she had never seen the movie. I had simply made the Shawshank Assumption that she had.
by Vesto2000 September 9, 2021

Person 1: “Hey, I heard Jimmy pulled a Shawshank in English yesterday.”
Person 2: “Sick! One day I’d love to skip a class like that.”
Person 2: “Sick! One day I’d love to skip a class like that.”
by YellowBinLorry May 24, 2023
